Many pain conditions and traumas force the need for opioid painkillers, so the government is funding five studies across the nation to create non-opioid medicines for specific types of joint and muscle pain.
across the nation to create non-opioid medicines for specific types of joint and muscle pain.
“Eighty percent of drug abuse over for heroin, especially in cocaine — they actually started from painkillers,” said Dr. Armen Akopian, a professor of endodontics at UT Health San Antonio.“It is very common. It’s, I think, counted the number four or five of overall pain conditions,” Akopian said.for $9.8 million to help speed up scientific solutions to stem the national opioid public health crisis.
Researchers can then watch the movement and intensity with graphs and luminous pictures of the muscle, tendons and nerves.The information the researchers gather will hopefully help other teams create a safer drug to quell jaw pain.Developing a drug to fruition could take 10 or even 25 years. Still, scientists and the government alike believe it could save lives. So the money and time invested will be worth it.Courtney Friedman is a KSAT anchor and reporter. She has an ongoing series called Loving in Fear, confronting Bexar County’s domestic violence epidemic. She's also covered Hurricane Harvey, the shootings in Sutherland Springs and Santa Fe, and tornadoes throughout Texas. She’s a California native and proud Longhorn who loves calling SA home.
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